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AEW Dark Co-Main Event: SCU vs. Liam Gray & Adrian Alanis
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Christopher Daniels and Liam Gray got the AEW Dark match rolling with a sequence of wrist holds, roll-ups and headlocks.
The action picked up pace as Liam Gray hit the ropes for a shoulder block. Daniels reacted with two old-fashioned scoop slams. Alanis came in for a cheap shot, and Frankie Kazarian was having none of it. Kazarian ran across the ring just to knock Alanis off the apron.
SCU hit a combination move on Liam Gray before Kazarian got the tag. The veterans followed it with a four-piece combo.
Kazarian hit two chops and a leg lariat on Gray. Alanis created a distraction, and Gray used the time to stun both Kazarian and Daniels with kicks.
There was a scary situation that followed as Alanis lost his footing while delivering a swinging backbreaker on Frankie. His knees gave up, but thankfully for Alanis, he got back to a vertical base and looked fine. Kazarian was also lucky to have not taken a nasty bump.
Alanis still managed to execute a hanging neckbreaker on Kazarian for a one-count with his partner's help.
Adrian got another two-count with a spinebuster. Gray received the tag, but Kazarian used all his experience to fight both his opponents with a quickfire attack featuring kicks and punches.
Daniels got the tag, and The Fallen Angel came in with a series of clotheslines. SCU hit the high-low on Alanis before focussing on Gray.
The No.1 ranked AEW tag team hit the Best Meltzer Ever (BME) to win on AEW Dark.
Result: SCU def. Liam Gray & Adrian Alanis on AEW Dark
Grade: B-
AEW Dark Main Event: The Blade & Private Party (w/ The Bunny & Matt Hardy) vs. Dark Order's Evil Uno, Stu Grayson & Preston "10" Vance (w/ Colt Cabana, Alex Reynolds & Alan "5" Angels)
A face-off between Preston Vance and The Blade was the perfect way to kick off the show's main event.
The physically imposing men engaged in a stiff battle of chops and punches. Private Party took advantage of a distraction and hammered away on Vance in their corner. Isiah Kassidy got the tag, but a rampaging Vance trucked him.
Grayson came in from the Dark Order's corner and lifted Kassidy. Evil Uno and Grayson worked in tandem to deliver a series of strikes on the Private Party member.
Uno hit a classic vertical suplex. Grayson replicated Uno's feat. Vance, as expected, followed suit, but he delivered the delayed vertical suplex with the complete ten-count. Vance is called the most powerful person in Dark Order for a reason!
Referee Bryce Remsburg was having a tough time keeping track of all the action as Marc Quen, one of the illegal men in the match, came in and hit Uno with a dropkick.
The Hardy Family Office members were in the driving seat now as they isolated Evil Uno in their corner. Private Party executed a Hardy classic, the Poetry in Motion, for a two-count. Matt Hardy was impressed and barked orders from the ringside area.
Uno kept getting punished in the corner, and the heels of the match expertly thwarted his continued efforts to make the tag.
Uno smartly used the referee to his advantage by catching Quen's boot and placing it in the ref's hands. Uno then got behind Quen's back and hit a hanging neckbreaker. 200 IQ.
Matt Hardy created a distraction, and Bunny unloaded with a barrage of kicks on Uno. All hell broke loose, and Bryce Remsburg instructed Matt Hardy and The Bunny to go backstage.
The Dark Order members were allowed to stay as they hadn't gotten physical with the match's competitors.
Uno finally created the separation and tagged Stu Grayson, who came in hot and delivered two overhead suplexes. He followed it with a urinagi and a springboard twisting senton for a near fall on Kassidy.
Vance was next with a pump kick as he set his partners up for an assisted powerbomb combo on Kassidy. Blade saved the AEW Dark match for his team by breaking Evil Uno's pinfall.
Kassidy recuperated and hit an enziguri on Grayson before tagging Blade. Private Party executed the Silly String. Kassidy mistimed his double team move with Blade, but Grayson was still aptly laid out for Quen's 450 splash from the top rope.
Big Vance ran in to make the clutch pinfall break. Grayson hit a double backflipping kick on Blade and Quen and jumped to his corner to finally tag Vance into the match.
Preston dropped Quen with a massive spinebuster. It was chaotic in the ring as we approached the finishing sequence of the contest.
Blade knocked Vance over. Uno, in turn, knocked Blade down with an elbow strike.
Kassidy stunned Evil Uno with a corkscrew enziguri. Grayson, however, came through with a bicycle knee strike. Blade sent crashing to the mat Grayson inside-out with a lariat.
The Blade went for the powerbomb, but Vance locked in the Full Nelson lock from the back. Blade tapped out before going to sleep. Huge W for The Dark Order and a big blow for The Hardy Family Office!
Result: Evil Uno, Stu Grayson & Preston "10" Vance def. The Blade & Private Party on AEW Dark
Grade: A
And that was it! AEW put forth another solid episode of AEW Dark which had a few belters! Of course, the match of the night honors goes to the six men who stole the show in the main event of AEW Dark. You can catch the full AEW Dark episode below.
Don't forget to join us for tomorrow's AEW Dynamite, the final episode before AEW Blood and Guts.
